For Mahsa Jina Amini and Woman, Life, Freedom: Summoning an Age of Humanity in an Age of Hate
This is the slightly amended text of a speech given on 14 September 2025 at a commemorative event…
No Hijab Day, 1 February: Confronting Misogyny
A call to action for No Hijab Day.
Confronting identity politics, a breeding ground for division and dehumanisation
This is an edited version of Maryam Namazie’s keynote address made at the National Secular Society conference on…
Rap versus theocracy: Toomaj Salehi and the fight for a free Iran
Although elaborate hate speech laws can make it extremely difficult, we have the right to freedom of expression…
Image of the week: celebrating the death of Ebrahim Raisi, the Butcher of Tehran
Masih Alinejad, the sworn foe of Iranian tyranny who has survived several kidnapping and assassination attempts by the…
The ‘Women’s Revolution’: from two activists in Iran
Report from Tehran on the 'women's revolution' taking place there - and what removing the hijab really means to Iranian women.